Brush Off PTO (id:#66705)
Designer: Pete Shelling
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
66.666666666667%

Overview:

Reports received from Solomon Islanders, including retired Sergeant Major Jacob C. Vouza who served in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Constabulary, indicated that the Japanese soldiers were present to the east of Lunga Point. Acting upon this information, a Marine patrol consisting of 60 soldiers and four local scouts, under the command of U.S. Marine Captain Charles H. Brush, set out from the Lunga perimeter on 19 August. Their objective was to investigate the situation further, and determine the strength of Japanese forces in the area.
Attacker: Japanese (28th Infantry Regiment)
Defender: American (USMC) (Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division and Local Partisans)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:3.5 D:6.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO (G.1), LJ (G2.1)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-11-12(A) Alex Ashton vs Dave Ramsey Japanese winOn the first turn I moved a squad and leader next to Dave’s HIP partizans. Dave defensive fired at me 2FP -2 and rolled double one and eliminated both units.
In the second turn a hand to hand combat resulted in the elimination of a squad and leader on each side. This crucially gave me the 4 CVPs to enable me to exit on the Western edge of the board.
On turn two Dave moved into my hex in the advanced phase to set up a close combat. He won the ambush roll but rolled 12 at three to one. This allowed me to withdraw from the close combat.
In the subsequent turn I was able to exit 5 points of units off board that counted double and gave me the win.
It really felt like I had picked Dave’s pocket because had he won the CC I would have had insufficient units to exit the board.
2025-03-05(D) Ian Morris vs American (USMC) win
2024-10-07(D) Peyton Spreacker vs Brandon Dega Japanese winFast to play and a knife fight.
2024-07-01(A) Andy Bagley vs Josh Kalman American (USMC) winThis is as much a puzzle as it is a scenario; lots of choices for both sides despite its tiny size. My plan as the Japanese was to approach the USMC forces using concealment, and then attack in CC to cause casualties. However, this quickly unravelled when the dice had their say: first USMC defensive shot rolled snakeyes and my 9-1 leader promptly failed a 1MC and died of wounds. Things then went from bad to worse - not even my 10-0 leader could pass a MC, and my squads were quickly losing strength. By the end of my third turn, I had virtually nothing left and had killed just a single USMC squad, so I conceded. Don't agree with other AAR's that say this is hard for the Americans!
2024-03-18(A) Dan Best vs Dave Mareske Japanese winJapanese inflicted 6 CVP and then exited off the south edge with 7 EVP. This seems hard on the Americans.
2024-03-17(A) Rob Schmitt vs Will Willow Japanese winI was the Japanese attacker vs US Marine Defender. Small game size and board. As Japanese attacker I concentrated on gaining/occupying the path hexes and trying to eliminate as many US MMCs as possible in CC. Marine player keep majority of his forces out of reach and I wasted quite a bit of fire on Dummy stacks. He used SSR2 and brought on reinforcements turn 3 on the south side to counterattack and block any potential south exits by the Japanese. This came close to working for him but I was able to rush a Leader and Squad back along the path. The Marines withdrew an opted to just block my potential exit to the south. Japanese won last turn by having exacting 10 VPs, 3 by CVP of Marines, and 7 by occupying the path victory hexes.
2024-03-17(A) Dave Mareske vs Dan Best American (USMC) winThree KIAs in the first turn did the Japanese in.
2024-03-17(A) Paul Works vs James Treu Japanese win
2024-03-16(A) Dave Mareske vs Randy Shurtz American (USMC) winUSMC rolled three 2s in the first turn, reducing the Japanese force in half. Pick up game at the March Madness Tournament
2024-01-17(A) Hennie van der Salm vs Roderick Moolenaars Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2023-12-24(A) Richard Jenulis vs Brent Morris Japanese winTough for the Americans.
2023-12-09(D) Jonathan Kapleau vs Cusick, John Japanese win
2023-12-07(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Teemu Lukkari American (USMC) win
2023-11-30(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Juan Santacruz Japanese win
2023-11-01(D) C. Scott Kippen vs Chuck Anderson Japanese winPretty frustrating for the American. Partly my setup, partly Japanese having such high morale, and striping. Interesting set up and small map, but my fun was hampered by opponent rolling well. It ended up being somewhat close, but never felt like the Marines had a chance.
2023-10-20(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins Japanese winFirst to play and post.
2023-10-20(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best Japanese winFun game but didn't go well for my Americans. Dan's Japanese got into grill and won the Close Combats and then exited 8 points for the win. Fun game, but Americans have to grok the defense in order to survive.
2023-10-02(A) John Garlic vs Neal Ekengren Japanese win2023 - ASLOK XXXVI
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Avg Rating: 6.05Votes: 19
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To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 1.1 hours
Recorded Games: 17
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese12
American (USMC)5
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Brush Off [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 12
[D] American/Partisan 7
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